Guide to Green Jobs Development - ICLEI Local Governments for ...

Green Jobs Creation ChecklistThis checklist provides an overview of the key decisions that will need to be made by your local government in developing a greenjobs plan. Each of the items in this checklist is discussed in greater detail in the previous pages of this Guide.❑❑❑❑❑❑❑❑❑❑❑❑❑❑Make a commitment to green job development.• Highlight green jobs as an issue in any formal, overarching city/county priorities or strategies;• Address green jobs in any “State of the City/County” addresses; and• Pass a green jobs resolution.Define green jobs for your community. Decide how your government will determine what constitutes a green job.Scale the green jobs plan: local or regional. Confirm whether your commitment to address green jobs will be focused on alocal effort, or participation in a broader, regional effort.(If your government engages in a regional effort, the remainder of the checklist may be modified depending on the scopeof the jurisdictions involvement.)Form a government green jobs team.• Define the role of the team.• Involve key players.• Secure the buy-in of all appropriate departments.• Consider including regional or state agency staff on your team.Identify external partners. Ensure to include participants from the following groups in any stakeholder processes.• Employers• Educational institutions• Workforce training organizations• State and Federal agencies• Metropolitan Planning Organizations or other regional governments• Chambers of Commerce and other business associations• Local and regional economic development organizations• Workforce recruitment, training and placement organizations• Vocational institutions and community colleges• Leading employers• Energy and water utilities• Unions and trade associations• Faith CommunityAssess local green jobs opportunities• Educate your team on the local, regional, state and federal political context of green jobs.• Obtain local green jobs forecasting data• Inventory existing training and education programs• Catalogue potential funding opportunities• Assess collaborative potentialCreate a green jobs plan.• Convene a leadership team to manage plan creation.• Decide the format of the green jobs plan• Create a work plan.• Assign tasks.• Decide what assessment tools you will use to measure the efficacy of the plan.USA9www.icleiusa.org